I'm super excited to be kegging for the first time! I want to be sure I get all my ducks in a row, so a few quick things:
(1) We're having a party here Thursday where my draft beer will make its debut. So I need to force carb a brown ale that has been conditioning in a secondary for about five weeks. Am I okay using the procedure of putting it under 35-40 psi for two days? Do I need to bother shaking the corny around or will it get sufficiently carbonated under that much pressure? The beer has been cold crashed for a couple of days now. I plan to follow the advice in this thread:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/force-carb-question-64267/
(2) Should I filter my beer before putting it in the corney? I have a Buon Vino or whatever electric filter; I was planning on just using the #2 pads that work for red wine.
(3) If I don't filter (or even if I do), should I cut a bit off the tube in my corney so that sediment doesn't get pushed up? Like an inch or so?
(4) I'm usually pretty careful with cleaning/sterilizing; I use the pink bleach-based powder in water and then StarSan. I bought these used corneys and haven't used them before; any special cleaning instructions?
Any other advice? Thanks!
(1) We're having a party here Thursday where my draft beer will make its debut. So I need to force carb a brown ale that has been conditioning in a secondary for about five weeks. Am I okay using the procedure of putting it under 35-40 psi for two days? Do I need to bother shaking the corny around or will it get sufficiently carbonated under that much pressure? The beer has been cold crashed for a couple of days now. I plan to follow the advice in this thread:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/force-carb-question-64267/
(2) Should I filter my beer before putting it in the corney? I have a Buon Vino or whatever electric filter; I was planning on just using the #2 pads that work for red wine.
(3) If I don't filter (or even if I do), should I cut a bit off the tube in my corney so that sediment doesn't get pushed up? Like an inch or so?
(4) I'm usually pretty careful with cleaning/sterilizing; I use the pink bleach-based powder in water and then StarSan. I bought these used corneys and haven't used them before; any special cleaning instructions?
Any other advice? Thanks!